Rumelange Rëmeleng | |
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Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red  | |
| Coordinates: 49°27′35″N 6°01′50″E / 49.4597°N 6.0306°E | |
| Country |  Luxembourg |
| Canton | Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 101st of 102 |
| Highest elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| • Rank | 27th of 102 |
| Lowest elevation | 287 m (942 ft) |
| • Rank | 88th of 102 |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 5,545 |
| • Rank | 26th of 102 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 9th of 102 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0000212 |
| Website | rumelange.lu |
Rumelange (Luxembourgish: Rëmeleng [ˈʀəməleŋ] ; German: Rümelingen) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France.
Populated places
The commune consists of the following villages:
- Rumelange
- Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)
History
Rumelange was formed on 25 September 1891, when it was detached from the commune of Kayl. The law forming Rumelange was passed on 27 June 1891.[1]
Population
As of the 1 February 2011 census, the commune had a population of 5,038. As of 2008, the town of Rumelange, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 4,818.
Museum
It is the site of some of the underground iron mines no longer in operation. Rumelange is home to Luxembourg's National Mining Museum.[2]
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Inside the National Mining Museum
Notable people
- Batty Weber (1860–1940) an influential journalist and author
- Alfred Kieffer (1904–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Foni Tissen (1909–1975) a Luxembourg schoolteacher and artist of hyperrealistic, darkly humorous paintings
- Emile Kirscht (1913–1994) a Luxembourg painter and a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg [3]
- Ernest Toussaint (1908-1942) boxer, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics; resistance member
Twin towns — sister cities
Rumelange is twinned with:[4]
Petnjica, Montenegro
References
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1891, No. 38" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- ^ "National Mining Museum" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Emile Kirscht", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 2006
- ^ "Potpisivanje sporazuma o bratimljenju Opštine Petnjica sa Opštinom Rumelange u Luksemburgu". petnjica.co.me (in Montenegrin). Opština Petnjica. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
External links
Media related to Rumelange at Wikimedia Commons
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